unroll
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Now slice the cylinder open and unroll it to get a flat rectangular sheet.
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2026
"We have to work out which layer is different from the next layer so we can unroll that digitally," said Dr Mancuso.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025
Dr. Seales released his images, and the computer code he used to unroll the scrolls.
From NewsForKids.net ● Oct. 25, 2023
The audience was pivotal to the piece, helping unroll the scrolls and even participating in a dance with the performers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2023
The airlock attachment point has a flap I can unroll and seal the opening with.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Now there's a new threat – drones equipped with a real fibre optic cable which unrolls as they fly.
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
The action unrolls mostly in and around New York’s Plaza Hotel; in Washington, D.C., where they performed their first American concert; and on trains traveling back and forth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2024
Season 1 of "Gen V" unrolls similarly, with that previously cited incident upending the social hierarchy and thrusting Marie to the top of the campus heap.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2023
And maybe theater would be a happier place if more shows allowed ticket holders, like the ones seated near me, to happily demolish shared plates of chicken fingers and Belgian waffles while the action unrolls.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2022
He pulls off the plastic cap and withdraws a big sheet of paper that he unrolls on the table.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
County’s post-fire resiliency unrolled a surprise sign demanding an investigation from California Atty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026
That was a more upbeat forecast than the projections published as higher U.S. tariffs were being unrolled in April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
"Around 14 days after germination, we unrolled the paper so that we could observe the early development of the roots without the interference of any soil adhered to them," says Hochholdinger.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024
In Tel Aviv, protesters unrolled a massive banner reading “SOS.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2023
“Tonight,” he told Ron and Hermione, once he had unrolled it.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Soon after, the dark filament detached on one side and shot outward, unrolling violently as it moved.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 21, 2026
"Rolling, unrolling, or hanging it in a new way can cause tearing, stitch loss and distortion of the fabric."
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
"Rolling, unrolling or handling it in a new way can cause damage."
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
In the 2018 book “Hinterland,” Phil A. Neel described the sound of America’s exurban sprawl as “guns cocking over trap snares unrolling to infinity.”
From Salon ● May 16, 2025
Workmen from the Nesci Brothers show are unrolling various pieces of the big top under the watchful eye of the boss canvasman.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
